Machada: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Many Machada families will find their roots under Machado, the form most records use. The family name meaning is “axe”, the same as for Machado.

A variant of Machado

Machada is listed among the recognised spellings of Machado. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Related forms: Machadinho.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Machado and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Machada report, with a museum-style coat of arms.